Dani Alves Celebrates beside his mates a goal in the final of the Champions in 2015

ALVES REMEMBERS THE CHAMPIONS OF 2015

Alves: "We were like Ali, we flew like a butterfly, but we stung like a bee"

Published:6/06/2020 - 22:13h

Updated:6/06/2020 - 22:13h

Dani Alves recalled Barça's victory in the 2015 Champions League against Juventus in Turin. The former Barça player told several interesting details of that final on the fifth anniversary of that conquest

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This 6 June have fulfilled 5 years of the last conquest of the FC Barcelona in Champions League, the one of the 2015 against the Juventus of Turín. The Barcelona won with goals of Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suárez and Neymar Jr, and added of this way a new Glass of Europe and the second triplete of his history. Dani Alves Was one of the big artífices of all these titles and remembered this European triumph in front of the Juve in an interview for the UEFA.

The Brazilian ensured that has all very recent and took advantage of to command a recado to which went against of the Barça only so that they did not win another triplete. Memory practically everything on the final. It is very recent and has not happened long since. But memory that went a moment very special, but also very complicated in the personal and community. The people thought that we could not achieve the triplete again and encouraged to our opponents so that we did not attain it. We were very conscious that the people thought that would not be able to do it, desveló.

The now player of the Sao Paulo also revealed what more likes him of the Barça in the finals. "When you are smart to confront you to them, is little likely that the negative things happen. This is the secret of the Barça in the finals, always goes very ready. This is what more master of the Barça, when they arrive to a final, know that the worst already has happened and is the hour to enjoy. And when you enjoy, you forget you of the possibilities of the opponent", said, doing reference to the centred in them same that were in front of the Juventus.

Besides, the carrilero explained that Luis Enrique gave a lot of importance to tire to the Juve having the ball and doing to his footballers run. This Barcelona was decisive to the counterattack this campaign, but for this final was necessary another type of game. "We confronted us to a very physical rival and knew that we had to win from the possession of the balloon. It does not matter cuán strong was the rival if you achieve that they pursue you without the balloon, because they will tire ", explained.

The example that put the one of Juazeiro was very curious, since it compared the game of his already ex team with the way to litigate of Muhammad Ali. "In the moment in that they went down the policeman is when we had to attack. We were like Muhammad Ali, flew like a butterfly, but hammered like a bee. I think that we were the just victorious of the final and celebrate a lot the triumph because it was the repetition of the triplete", recognised.

Finally, the right-handed side wanted to give him a lot of importance to the goal that marked Ivan Rakitic to the beginning of the party. Although in the second part empató Morata, the Croat encarriló the eliminatory and changed the course of the meeting. "The goal of Rakitic to the start of the party was vital. Therefore I say that this type of parties are used to to be more psychological that physical. Think that you are confronting you to one of the best teams of the world and that mark you in the first four or five minutes does that you face the party of another way", concluded.

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